Racing form $8.95

[jelly]

Walked into a newsstand in Miami Beach a few weeks ago to buy Daily Racing Form but ended up walking out without it. Why? The $7 price on it had been blacked out with a marker, and a sticker with a price $8.95 was placed next to it. I didn’t wait to find out if tax was included. … DRF informed me that stores can charge what they want. … Ended up getting the tracks I wanted to bet in Gulfstream simulcast programs that cost a bit less in total. … Houston, we have a data cost problem, perhaps yet another reason pari-mutuel handle continues its decline.



This should help get new racing fans.


http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/at-la...o-hmmmm-8.aspx

[Mineshaft]

Mid week froms are $7.50


weekend forms are over $8.00


But go to Delta Downs and forms are $4.00 every day

[Robert Goren]

You actually found a news stand and they actually had forms. Next you be telling us that it was next to a phone booth.

[samyn on the green]

You are on the internet. Why not take advantage of this? Why not just print out the DRF for much less cost. Or download the free pp's from Bris this month?


You have to keep the wind at your back and right now the wind is blowing us all towards internet PP's. Remember that dinosaurs became extinct for a reason.

[therussmeister]

I suspect the form sold for the cover price has a very small profit margin.

[Stillriledup]

Nice newsstand.

I can't imagine they sell too many copies at that price.

[Robert Goren]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

Nice newsstand.

I can't imagine they sell too many copies at that price.

I can't imagine they would sell very many at any price.

[Grits]

In Hallandale Beach, off track--$7.00 a few days ago--bought it each day for 10 days.

[Wright Stuff]

Originally Posted by Robert Goren

You actually found a news stand and they actually had forms. Next you be telling us that it was next to a phone booth.

AND....Wait for it:

It was a ROTARY phone

AND.........Wait a little longer:

The number was Melrose 5-5300

The escalating cost of the DRF was why I sought alternate PP's in the first place and is NO LAUGHING MATTER.

[PhantomOnTour]

Unless you just can't live without Beyer speed figs, what do the DRF pps have that BRIS or other services don't have?
I switched to BRIS a few years back because of price and availibility of the DRF print edition. Heck, their online pps are more costly then BRIS as well. Hmmm, no wonder they got into the ADW business.

[duncan04]

Used to always buy the DRF but when the price kept going up I stopped. Now when I go to the track I'll print out the pp's from BRIS thru Twinspires. That way I get the pp's for free by making a small wager on one race of the tracks I will play.

[magwell]

I have to have a fresh form everyday, its to much hassle printing them up and they are not user friendly like the form, but that's just me "old school" i guess, at what price I'd stop ??? they got me hooked long ago.....

[Track Phantom]

Originally Posted by samyn on the green

You are on the internet. Why not take advantage of this? Why not just print out the DRF for much less cost. Or download the free pp's from Bris this month?


You have to keep the wind at your back and right now the wind is blowing us all towards internet PP's. Remember that dinosaurs became extinct for a reason.

Not following. Are you saying dinasaurs became extinct by reading a paper copy of the form instead of the online version?

[samyn on the green]

They become extinct when they can not adapt to a new age.

The door on the hardcopy DRF is closed. The door to the on-line version is wide open. This is a door we should all use.

Originally Posted by Valento

Not following. Are you saying dinasaurs became extinct by reading a paper copy of the form instead of the online version?

[takeout]

Just like the tracks the more customers they lose the more they crank up the price to the ones that are left.